§ 8-1-2.5-9 — Annual commission report to interim study committee; annual interim study committee report to legislative council

Indiana § 8-1-2.5-9

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 1: UTILITIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 2.5: Alternative Utility Regulation

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(a) As used in this section, "committee" means
the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and
telecommunications established by IC 2-5-1.3-4.
(b) The committee shall monitor changes and competition in the
energy utility industry.
(c) In addition to reviewing the commission's annual report prepared
under IC 8-1-1-14, the committee shall also issue a report and
recommendations to the legislative council before November 1 of each
year that are based on a review of the following issues:
(1) The effects of competition or changes in the energy utility
industry and the impact of the competition or changes on
residential rates.
(2) The status of modernization of the energy utility facilities in
Indiana and the incentives required to further enhance this
infrastructure.
(3) The effects on economic development of this modernization.
(4) The traditional method of regulating energy utilities and the
method's effectiveness.
(5) The economic and social effectiveness of traditional energy
utility service pricing.
(6) The effects of legislation enacted by the United States
Congress.
(7) All other energy utility issues the committee considers
appropriate; however, it is not the intent of this section to provide
for the review of the statutes cited in section 11 of this chapter.
The report and recommendations issued under this subsection to the
legislative council must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(d) This section:
(1) does not give a party to a collective bargaining agreement any
greater rights under the agreement than the party had before
January 1, 1995;
(2) does not give the committee the authority to order a party to
a collective bargaining agreement to cancel, terminate, amend, or
otherwise modify the collective bargaining agreement; and
(3) may not be implemented by the committee in a way that would
give a party to a collective bargaining agreement any greater
rights under the agreement than the party had before January 1,
1995.
(e) The committee shall, with the approval of the commission, retain
independent consultants the committee considers appropriate to assist
the committee in the review and study. The expenses for the
consultants shall be paid with funds from the public utility fees
assessed under IC 8-1-6.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.108-1995, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.78-1997, SEC.2; P.L.28-2004, SEC.70; P.L.256-2013, SEC.1; P.L.53-2014, SEC.75; P.L.71-2022, SEC.2.